• cro_magnon_gilf@sopuli.xyz
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    11 months ago

    Bethesda also released a game where you get minus to intelligence, willpower and personality for being a black man.

    But they were better at stabbing people

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        11 months ago

        I don’t know if it’s the same stat buffs/debuffs across all the Elder Scrolls games, but the one OP was likely talking about was the Redguard race in Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (stat sheet here). And yes, it was pretty messed up.

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            The males, yes. Redguard women are subbier, more dazzling, and have more stamina than Nord women. Good base race for a skill over brawn fighter, see Syrio Forel, no points wasted on pointless magic capabilities. Also fun side observation: Female orcs are just as strong as the males but smarter and have, singular among all races, less charisma than the males. Also the lowest overall.

            You kinda have to try hard to be offended by the thing. I guess though the differences between human races shouldn’t be as pronounced (modulo Bretons with all their Aldmer blood) but I guess every race needs its 50 stat. Oh and imperials being the smarmy ones makes sense.

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            The “whites” in this game are the imperial, nordic have the same debuffs in willpower and intelligence.

            Edit, with the exceptions of nordic women…

            For some reason the race distinction doesn’t bother me as much as the gender one. What the fuck

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              Yeah the sex ones are more odd… When you chose race and sex I think they don’ give you the stats at all, they just mention in text what a race is better at. They don’t mention there being gender differences or those differences differing between races at all.

              I feel a bit cheated tbh

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            Redguards are from Yokuda, Nords are from Atmora, Imperials come from the Nedes and Bretons are a Nede/Aldmer mix. Each human race has a distinct origin, what’s controversial about that? They’re ‘human’ in the sense that they’re not Mer or Beastfolk.

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                My brother, read the fucking lore. Atmorans (Nords) are the fallen gods who followed Shor. Elves are the fallen gods who followed Auri-El. Redguards come from a different Kalpa (rebirth cycle).

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                  11 months ago

                  Aka

                  Are a different species

                  Dumbass

                  But I’ll give Bethesda credit, as others have noted the Nords have basically the same stats, so it’s more a bad look/Romabooism than a white supremacy thing.

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                    11 months ago

                    Aka Are a different species

                    A.K.A. a different race, as per Tolkienian storytelling and myth-building

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            They don’t come from the same gods because they’re from a different Kalpa. Stop trying to create drama.

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      11 months ago

      Why are you lying? Bretons, Imperials and High Elves get a plus to magic abilities (Int, Wil), as befitting their lore of magic casters. Nords and Redguards get a plus to fighting abilities, as befitting their warrior origins.

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        There is more than one Elder Scrolls game… Morrowind has base attributes of 40 with different races having higher and lower values from base. Redguard in Morrowind have lower int and will than average, and compared to women male Redguard also have lower personality but higher strength.

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          The only non-elven race with darker skin are the Redguards, so there`s literally no other option.